[1] It portrays four working-class friends who work as clam diggers in West Islip, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, in 1976.

[3] Four working-class friends work on Long Island, New York, as clam diggers.

"[9] The Village Voice concluded that "the movie belongs to Ken Marino, who is riotously funny as the family man whose anger-management problem at last finds a fitting target in the big businessmen who come to destroy his living.

"[10] The New York Times wrote: "It also demonstrates that a solid formula, no matter how frequently followed, can be refreshed if it is handled with affectionate care.

From I Vitelloni to Diner to The Groomsmen, a group of aging boys clinging together as the scary future threatens their solidarity is a natural movie subject.